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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Review: Brave New World

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

I give this book a strong 3.

This is a compelling story that seems to have not only to be
written as a warning for the future, but also to just make you a little angry
at human intellect. Set in a future of “perfection”, Bernard doesn’t feel as
happy he’s told he should. He decides to visit a “savage” reservation to gain
perspective only to find that he isn’t the “rebellious lone wolf” he thinks he
is. In the end, Bernard is the product of the world he lives in, but he still
manages to cause a ruckus in the lives of others before realizing this.

This book shows what a wonderfully peaceful existence life
could be through control, conformity, segregation, a lax moral code, and drug
induced feelings of happiness. I found this book to be very sad, but shockingly
real. This is the story of what could happen to the world, but I hope it
doesn’t. Not that teens would be
interested in this book, but I’d recommend it to them (with their parent’s
permission). This is a book that plucks a lot of nerves and may not be for everyone,
but is definitely worth reading. I see this book going over well with male
readers.